[Teaching Writing] Many Good Things A.K.A Fresh is the New Cool.

More specifically, 100 Good Things.

I discovered a new magazine recently.  I was drawn in by the cover (see photo to the left).  True, the word GOOD screams out at you.  This may have been the first thing I saw.  Additionally, the cover is made from a matte-artsy-mod-hipster material and I wanted to pick it up.  Once I did, the articles and ads were equally fascinating.

Even better, I found my first-day-back-at-school-super-cool-lesson idea within the non-glossy-hip-and-cool pages.

Today we began our own 100 Good Things list using this interactive list as our mentor text.

Some examples from the list that caught our eye:

• Gaming is the new teaching tool.
• Glitterbombing is the new yarnbombing.
• Supper Club is the new restaurant
• Touch is the new click
• Twitter Spoiler is the new TV Recap
• Doing is the new Talking
• AIRBNB is the new Craigslist
• Pie is the new cupcake

Here are the rough ideas from our list:

• Modern Warfare is the new Halo
• Green Lantern is the new Superman
• Dubstep is the new Techno
• iPad is the new iPod
• Teased hair is the new Bump-it
• Google Earth is the new Google Maps
• "Smile Bracelets" are the new "Silly Bands"
• Facebook is the new MySpace
• Google+ is the new Facebook
• Texting is the new calling
• Sears is the new Kmart
• Fresh is the new cool
• Astin Kucker is the new Charlie Sheen
• Takis are the new Flamin' Hot Cheetos
• Blu-Ray is the new DVD 

Just a little window into the souls of our next generation.  Some hopeful, some scary, yes?